The 2023 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the

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. It was held March 8–11, 2023, at the

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on the campus of

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, in

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. The tournament champion received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

The defending champions from the prior season were the

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. All 11 Mountain West schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical percentages. The top five teams received byes into the tournament quarterfinals. The remaining teams played in the first round. Tie-breaking procedures remained unchanged since the 2020 tournament. *Head-to-head record between the tied teams * Record against the highest-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the seedings as necessary * Higher NET

Schedule

Bracket

* denotes overtime period

References

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Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament The Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament is held annually to determine the men's basketball champion from the Mountain West Conference. The winner receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Basketball tournament, although t ...